The Wandering School of Secrets: A Prospectus

Today pre-orders open for a very special little book. The Wandering School of Secrets: A Prospectus is a manual and syllabus of sorcery aimed at the itinerant magician. This is magical growth stripped down to the essentials – a journey through the heteropraxy of sorcery as a subversive and secretive lifestyle that benefits the practitioner and those they choose to help.

Drawing on a wide range of sources from ancient Greek myth and magic, Welsh folklore, the grimoire tradition, Shinto, and many others, the core principles and essential practices of magic are covered in a lucid and effective manner. Dealing with spirits, the ancestors, nature spirits, using planetary magic, herb lore, magical language and music, astrology and effective timing are all explored as core components of developing your personal practice of sorcery. This book is an inspirational work which sets the readers’ feet on the road less travelled and gives pointers to all the necessary tools.

On a personal note, this is the book I wished I had when I chose to be deliberately itinerant during a long road trip I took in the 90s – just me, my old Chevy van, and a pup tent. Alone and without most of the tools and regalia needed for long rituals, magic became a catch-as- catch-can affair, with wands made on the fly from local woods, and charms crafted from river stones and charcoal on fallen leaves. That is not to say this book is only useful to those who call the road their home, for however long. Instead, it is a wonderfully simple text which lays out everything we need to do magic wherever and whenever we are.

The hardcover edition is available to pre-order, the epub edition is available to purchase now, and the paperback edition will be released in October. Read more about this book here.